State Authorities Must Ensure Victim's Anonymity in Cases Under Section 376 or POCSO Act: Jammu & Kashmir High Court

In a significant ruling by the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, an order was issued concerning the confidentiality of the victim's identity in a criminal appeal. The case, CrlA(D) 11/2025, involved the appellant, Fazil Saleem Bhat, who had filed an appeal against the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The court's attention was drawn to the inadvertent disclosure of the victim's name in the appeal documents, a…